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In the Beginning was the Command Line - A history of operating systems, by Neal Stephenson, the author of such novels as 'Snow Crash', 'The Diamond Age' and 'Zodiac'.

22surf: Open Source Business Plan - Covers details of a free, downloadable Open Source business plan describing 22surf and Authena, presented at the Harvard OSCOM.

404 A Descriptive Process Model for Open-Source Software Development - by Kim Johnson (student thesis) Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models, with examples of popular open source projects such as Linux, Apache, KDE and Python.

500 A Response to Nikolai Bezroukov - Eric Raymond's response to Bezroukov's Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research
Meta Description: [ The author comments on Nikolai Bezroukov's article, Open Source Software Development as a Special Type of Academic Research, that appeared in First Monday, volume 4, issue 10. ]

500 A Second Look at the Cathedral and Bazaar - Another critical review of Eric Raymond's The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
Meta Description: [ This paper provides an overview of the weaknesses of Eric Raymond's paper The Cathedral and the Bazaar, as well as the more coherent demonstration of the fact that the bazaar metaphor is internally contradictive. ]

Collaborative Source Software - This article presents an approach to combine the best of the Open Source and proprietary software development worlds.
Meta Description: [ Software Development: Programming (Java,Ruby on Rails,.NET), Software Testing, Project Management, Open Source, UML use cases, Agile (XP, TDD, Scrum, FDD, refactoring) ]

Developers using open-source software behind bosses' backs - CNN.com article about the spread of Linux in offices.
Meta Description: [ Psssstt! Wanna a good, reliable operating system on the cheap? Thing is, you just can't tell your boss about it. ]

Development, Ethical Trading and Free Software - This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International.
Meta Description: [ This paper makes the political and ethical case for the adoption of free software by Community Aid Abroad and other members of Oxfam International. ]

Fast Company: Inspired by Work - Eric Raymond interview explaining open source work.
Meta Description: [ What's most intriguing about "open-source" software isn't what it does -- it's how it gets created. Eric S. Raymond, open-source evangelist, explains why and how these programmers do their work -- and what that means for the rest of us. ]

First Monday: Open Source Intelligence - Scientific illustration and analysis of socio-technical approaches that make up a collaborative phenomenon termed Open Source Intelligence, which goes beyond the collaborative coding of software.
Meta Description: [ The authors use case studies to illustrate and analyze the variety of socio-technical approaches that make up a collaborative phenomenon they term Open Source Intelligence, that goes beyond the collaborative coding of software. ]

Forbes: Letting go of Lego - Hackers crack the code of a new chip and post the design secrets on the Web. The chip's maker, instead of suing, holds fire. What gives?

Free Source as Free Thought: Architecting Free Standards - This paper calls for the support of open standards and non-proprietary software in civil activities, such as public education, taxes, and patent and grant proposals.
Meta Description: [ As we build cyberspace, it is up to us, as individuals, not to promote illiteracy and proprietary standards that shut out those who fail to purchase computer programs from a specific vendor. ]

Government Policy toward Open Source Software - Monograph by Robert W. Hahn, with contributions by James Bessen, David S. Evans, and Lawrence Lessig. [PDF]

History of the Open Source Initiative (OSI) - A brief rundown from the Open Source advocacy body, the OSI.

500 Homer's Open Source Odyssey - Elliot McGucken discusses classical computing and provides a brief history of open source.

How Open Source Development Could Change the Way We Get Things Done - A feature story from the Washington Monthly.
Meta Description: [ The Washington Monthly: ]

InformationWeek: Is There An Open-Source Solution? - Despite lack of marketing resources, more businesses are discovering and deploying open-source software in their back offices. Support has improved, capable tools quickly become the standard by which commercial products are measured.
Meta Description: [ Despite a lack of marketing resources, more businesses are discovering and deploying open-source software in their back offices. Support has improved, and capable tools quickly become the standard by which commercial products are measured. ]

404 Iteachnet - Strength Through Diversity - Article promoting cross-platform, open standard and educationally grounded computing in schools.

Making it in a Post Windows World - The process transitioning from a Windows to a Linux desktop computer, step by step setup instructions for a dialup account, and VNC.
Meta Description: [ Detailed strategy for transitioning from Windows to a Linux desktop. Step by step instructions configuring your Internet connection (kppp) and configuring VNC to access legacy Windows apps from your Linux desktop. ]

Monochrom: Some Code To Die For - On the Birth of the Free Software Movement in 1887. The author compares new code to the constructed language Esperanto.

404 Musings on open source security models - A good article about how security systems for computers can be better if done the open source way.

Open Source Software and Documents - A Literature and Resource Review - Brief introduction to the Open Source movement, provides a review of books, sites, and topics.

Open Source Strategies - Compilation of information relating to open source business models and strategies. Includes recommended books and related links.

404 Open-Source Software Development, by Davor Cubranic - Addresses the obstacles which OSS must overcome to move from the specialist community to the mainstream.

Open-Source Software Development, by Kim Johnson - Explains the competing open source philosophies and development models, with examples of popular open source projects such as Linux, Apache, KDE and Python.
Meta Description: [ Open source software development ]

OpenSource.org: Open Source Definition - A definition of the Open Source license for software.

OReilly - Working Without Copyleft - Article argues against the necessity of the Free Software movement tenet of copyleft.
Meta Description: [ Two software developers explain how they came to embrace the GNU General Public License, grew disillusioned with its restrictions, and chose new licenses for their software projects. ]

PerlStalker's SysAdmin Notes and Tools - How-to's, documentation and various tools for administrating Open Source servers in an ISP environment.

Salon Magazine's collection of Open Source articles - A series of well-written articles, knowledgeable yet understandable.
Meta Description: [ The free software story A complete listing of Salon 21st coverage of Linux and the free software/open source movement. ]

Salon | The Free Software story - Salon's complete coverage of Linux and the Open Source Movement
Meta Description: [ Complete Salon Technology coverage of Linux, the open-source movement and free software's ideas and personalities. ]

The Register - Open Source is good for America - US military advised - Andrew Orlowski discussing a report commissioned by the US military about open source and free software.

The Wall Street Performer Protocol - This paper sketches out a proposal for the creation of a software completion bond market as a practical implementation of the Street Performer Protocol for the funding of open source software.
Meta Description: [ The author sketches out a proposal for the creation of a software completion bond market as a practical implementation of the Street Performer Protocol for the funding of open source software. ]

500 The World of Open Source - by Michael Tiemann, GNU C++ creator and Cygnus founder.

404 University of Waikato - Usability and Open-Source Software Development - Article exploring open source software usability.

UXculture - Weblog exploring the Open Source and related topics dealing with user experience design and its impact on technology, business, and society. Also touches on digital design, business strategy, and the emergence of networked society.
Meta Description: [ User eXperiencing the Networked World ]

Why 'Free Software' is Better Than 'Open Source' - An essay from the Free Software Foundation arguing that the term free software is a better choice than the term open source

Wikipedia - Open Source - Long article with examples.

ZDNews - A Business Case for Open Source - Article by Michael A. Olson stating that Open source quietly makes a big difference.
Meta Description: [ The venomous war of words within the software establishment has obscured the quiet progress of open source into corporate corridors. ]

InformationWeek: Is There An Open-Source Solution? - Despite lack of marketing resources, more businesses are discovering and deploying open-source software in their back offices. Support has improved, capable tools quickly become the standard by which commercial products are measured.
Meta Description: [ Despite a lack of marketing resources, more businesses are discovering and deploying open-source software in their back offices. Support has improved, and capable tools quickly become the standard by which commercial products are measured. ]